It took quite some time, but I finally managed to complete the piece I had been longing to finish.
Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata is a deeply beautiful piece that I sometimes feel an irresistible urge to listen to. The piece was originally written for the now-obsolete six-string arpeggione piece, but playing it on a four-string cello is quite challenging. I gave up just by looking at the score. However, I decided to try sequencing it with DTM instead.
I believe that in this piece, the cello’s magnificent melody truly comes to life when properly supported by the piano’s harmonic progression. My teacher gave me extensive feedback on how the piano part should be played.
Now, another thing that made me go "Ah, I see" during this input was the tuning of the cello. Actually, regarding the trills on the B-flat notes scattered throughout the first movement, it seems the teacher wasn't fond of this pitch. He commented that "it doesn't sound very clean." Hmm, but the pitch should be exactly as in the original recording... After pondering for a while, it suddenly dawned on me: this recording might be tuned to equal temperament. For an acoustic cello, I usually set the A at 442Hz, then tune the D, G, and C using their respective open strings. My ear isn't perfect, so it's not flawless, but I'm tuning using perfect fifths. That means the open strings are tuned to a Pythagorean tuning where the open strings form fifths. So, I think I'm unconsciously finding positions where the notes other than the open strings resonate well with the open strings when I press them down.
If this were strictly fixed to equal temperament, the feel would change somewhat. In particular, the interval of C becomes larger (C becomes lower). So, I raised the pitch of the C in the sound source to Pythagorean tuning to compensate, and somehow got it approved. The tuning I never paid any attention to during regular live cello practice becomes an issue when inputting using a sound source... It's obvious when you think about it, but it's interesting, isn't it?
Song Title:
Title:.
Arpeggione Sonata, D.821
Sound source:
Sound Libraries:
Emotional Cello (cello), Vienna Synchron Concert D-274 (Piano)
Audio file format: mp3
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